March 5, 2009 - Exodus 14

Exodus 14 is a good reminder for all of us that we never really see the whole picture that God sees, so we should never doubt that He has everything in His control. In the first 4 verses God basically tells Moses that He is going to lay a trap for Pharoah and all his army. The story proceeds according to God's plan and Pharoah and his army pursue the Children of Israel into the desert. Israel sees the army and starts to panic. One of my favorite lines of panic is "Was it because there were no graves in Egypt that you brought us to the desert to die?" Yeah, that's right. God, Pharaoh, and Moses conspired to get rid of the Children of Israel so they concocted this plan, including those 10 plagues and the killing of the firstborn of every Egyptian, so that they could get the Children of Israel into the desert when killed just so they wouldn't take up all the cemetery plots in Egypt?!! That is a good example of how we think when we are panicked. Anyway, Moses tells them not to be afraid and that they need only be still. Sounds like a good Psalm, huh? Then the Lord tells Moses to stop crying out to Him and move on. There's a lesson for us in there, too. Anyway, I think we know the 'rest of the story'. It was a good reminder for me today.